1. An aristocracy was a small group of powerful, wealthy landowners in power, while an obligarchy was on a few powerful people in charge. So, they were pretty similar, but slightly different.
2. Solon reformed the set of laws made by Draco, making them less harsh and most importantly not allowing citizens to own the citizens as slaves. Cleisthenes introduced the system of direct democracy after his supporters overthrew the tyrant that had seized control and banished him from Athens.
3. Living in Athens was different form living in Sparta for several reasons. The first major reason, is that in Sparta, service in the military was mandatory for men starting at the age of seven, while Athens being a Democratic State for most of its reign, had no such rule. Athenian adult men were however, sometimes called to fight in the event of a war. As mentioned before Athens was a Democratic City State, while Sparta had a monarchy of sorts, having two kings ruling the military and several government branches with elected officials. Besides the two kings, it was kind of like a Republic in my opinion...........I say "in my opinion" because I'm not sure, ok!.......jeez. Also the Spartans had LOTS of slaves, while slavery was a big no-no in Athens for most of its history.
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